Charles bash



(No Model.)

C BASH ROUTE INDIGATOR.

Unirse Sterns Feminists @errent CHARLES BASH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL HIPKISS, OF SAME PLACE.

ROUTE-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LetterslPatent No. 569,609, dated November 28, 1893.

Application filed April 5, 1893. Serial No. 469,106. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES Basri, of Bostn, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Routelndicators, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a route indicator lo or sign especially designed for use on electric street railway cars, and has for its object to provide an efficient, simple, cheap and easily removable route indicator.

In accordance with my invention, the route I5 indicator consists of a hollow box or case loosely mounted on substantially horizontal stationary supports to revolve thereon, and constructed to permit of the hollow box or case being easily and quickly removed from zo the said supports, the sides of the box or case being suitably marked to indicate the direction of travel of the car on which it is mounted. The hollow box or case normally incloses two incandescent electric lamps, supported, as

z 5 will be described, from near the opposite en ds of the same, the said supports being constructed as will be described to obtain a maximum light effect. The supports for the hollow box or case are preferably made adjustable to enable the route indicator to be readily and correctly mounted on cars having roofs of varying irregularity or pitch. These and other features of my invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this 3 5 specification.

Figure 1, is a longitudinal section of a route indicator embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the indicator shown in Fig. l on the line 2 2; Fig. 8, a detail to be 4o referred to, and Fig. 4t, a sectional detail on the line P-4, Fig. 3.

The hollow box or case A, as herein shown, is made oblong in shape and consists of the end pieces d a', and sides a2 a3 a4 d5, each of 4 5 the said sides being preferably made as a frame to which is secured, as by strips a6, a pane d? of glass or other transparent or translucent material. The pane of glass al of each side of the box or case may be lettered or other- 5o wise marked to indicate a particular destination to which the car travels.

The hollow box or case is loosely mounted on stationary supports herein shown as bosses or arms as a9 extended from uprights am @12, into the said box or case the said bosses or arms being preferably cast integral with the said uprights. To permit the hollow box or case A to be removably mounted on the bosses or arms as a, the ends a a. of the said box or case are provided with removable pieces 6o or sections b, represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and shown in the section Fig. 4, and one side of the box or case, herein shown as the side a3, is made so as to be removed, to permit the pieces or sections b to be withdrawn from the ends a a of the box or case, when it is desired to remove the said box from its supports a8 a9. The side a3 is herein shown as hinged, as at b', to the side a2, and when closed, the side a3 may be secured to 7o the side a4 by a latch, thu nib-screw 0r other suitable or convenient form of fastening, not herein shown. The removable section or piece h of each end c a of the box, may be made of various shapes or forms and may be secured in place in a variety of ways, but for simplicty,Iprefer to dove-tail the removable section into the sides of the slot or opening in the ends a 0,', into which the section b is fitted. The lower portion or bottom baof the 8o slots or openings in the ends ct d of the box, is made round or substantially semi-circular, and the lower end or bottom of the removable sections b, is also made substantially semicircular, as at b4, Fig. 3, so as to formv a cylin- 8 5 drical bearing for the box or case upon the bosses or arms a8 a9. The removable sections or pieces b are held in place preferably by the removable side as when the latter is se cured to the side a4. The bosses or arms ct8 a9, 9o as herein shown, are cored to receive conducting rods b5 h6 extended through the said bosses and separated from the said bosses by insulating material (J7 (J8. The conducting rods b5 116 have mounted on their inner ends couduct- 95 ing lamp-supporting arms b9 Z910, separated from the inner ends of the bosses as a9 by washers Z312 Z713 of insulating material and preferably secured on the rods b5 h6 in adjusted position by thumb-nuts 1914. The conducting Ioo arms b9, blo are made substantially long, as represented in Fig. 1, so as to bring the incandescent lamps c,only one of which is shown, nearer the center of the box or case A, the said lamps being preferably constructed as herein represented, so that, their sockets may be screwed onto the ends of the arms b9, Z910, one terminal of each lamp being electrically connected to its co-operating cond uctiug arm and the other terminal of the said lamp being connected preferably toascrew or outside terminal c3, the screws or terminals c3 of the lamps being electrically connected by a wire or other suitable conductor c4. The lamp supporting arms b9 Z910 are detachable from the conducting rods b5 h6 and may be bent into any desired shape or form so as to place the lamps c within the box or case to obtain the best possible light effect. The lam ps, c have co-operating with them a reflector d preferably secured at its ends to supports shown as disks d d2 secured upon the bosses a8 a9 in any desired or suitable manner, the said disks being preferably frictionally held in adjusted position on the bosses, so that, the said reiiector may be turned to reflect the light to the best advantage. The reflector is located behind the lamps so as to direct the rays of light toward the front of theindicator. The box or case A being loosely mounted on its supports, is free to be revolved and is held in proper position preferably by means of a disk d4 secured to or forming part of one or both horizontal supports provided with notches or depressions d5 corresponding in number to the number of sides of the box or case, the said depressions being designed to receive a projection di' (see Fig. 2) on the under side of a spring bar d8 fastened at one end as by screws da to a bracket d10 secured to one end of the box or case, the other end of the spring bar d8 being extended under a similar bracket or projection d12 secured to the end of the box or case. The brackets d10 d12 are preferably located on the inside of the case or box A, and the co-operating notch disk d4 is so 1ocated on the arm or boss a9, that when the said box or case is fitted on its supporting arms or bosses, the said notched disk will be within the said box or case, whereby the indicator possesses a more iinished appearance. The conducting rods b5 h6 are electrically connected to the circuit wires c e', preferably by threaded nuts e2 e3, screwed upon the threaded ends of the rods b5 h6 and having the circuit wires e c soldered or otherwise connected to them. The nuts e2 e3 and the connections of the wires e c thereto are protected bymeans of caps e4 e5 of rubber or other insulating material, preferably screwed upon the threaded outer ends of the nuts e2 e3. The circuit Wires c e in practice may and preferably will form part of the usual circuit in which is located the incandescent electric lamps now commonly employed to light the interior of the car, and in the present instance, the wire e may be supposed to be the positive wire and the wire c the negative wire, and the circuit through the lamps of the indicator may be traced l as follows, vim-from the positive wire e, by the nut e2, conducting rod b5, lamp supporting arm b9, through the lilament of the lamp secured to said arm and not herein shown, thence by the wire c4 to the lscrew c3 of the lamp c, through the lament of lamp c, arm 1910, rod h6, and nut e3 to the negative wire e". It will thus be seen that the lamps c within the'box or case are arranged in series, which permits two lamps of eight candle power tobe used Without disturbing the arrangement of lights within the car as now commonly used.

In order to enable the indicator to be readily applied to cars having roofs of varying inclination or pitch, and at the same time present the front. side or face of the indicatorbox or case in a vertical plane, the uprghts d10 @12 are made adjustable on bases ff', which is accomplished as herein shown by splitting or otherwise forming the lower ends ofthe uprights to fit over or receive a projection f2 on the bases ff', the said uprights and bases being secured together, as herein shown, by means of bolts or screws f3 extended through the split portions of the uprghts and through the projection f2 on the bases, and provided with thumb-nuts The uprights om c12 may be strengthened by brace rods f6, only one of which is shown in Fig. 2, one end of the brace rods being pivotally secured tothe uprights and the other end being adapted to be screwed or otherwise clamped to the roof of the car.

I prefer to make the sides of the box of transparent or translucent material, but I do not desire to limit my invention in this respect, as the said sides may be made solid and the letters cut through the same.

I claiml. In a route indicator or sign, a hollow box or case mounted at its opposite ends on stationary supports extend ed into the hollow box or case and upon which the said box or case is loosely mounted to revolve thereon the said hollow box or case being constructed to be removed from said stationary supports, Without disturbing the said supports substantially as described.

2. In a route indicator or sign, a hollow box or case, stationary supports extended into the hollow box or case and upon which the said box or case is loosely mounted, removable sections in the ends of the said box to permit the latter to be removed from its supports, substantially as described.

3. In a route indicator or sign,ahol1ow box or case, stationary supports extended into the hollow box or case and upon which the box or case is removably and loosely mounted thereon, incandescent electric lamps secured to the said supports within the hollow box and a reflector co-operating with the said lamps, substantially as described e. In a rou-,te indicator or sign, a hollow box or case, stationary supports extended into the hollow box or case and upon which the said box or case is removably and loosely mounted IIO tgo

thereon, uprights to which the said stationary supports are attached,bases to which the uprights are adjustably secured, an incandescent electric lamp supported within the hollow box or case by one of the stationary supports and a refiector co-operating with the said lamp, substantially as described.

5. In a route indicator or sign, a hollow box or case, stationary supports extended into the said hollow box or case upon which the said box is removably and loosely mounted thereon, a notched disk secured to or forming part of one of the said supports, a spring actuated device secured to and movable with the box and engaging a notch in the said disk, and incandescent lamps supported from the stationary supports and normally inclosed by the said box, substantially as described.

6. In a route indicatoror sign,a hollow box or case having its ends provided with removable sections b, a removable side normally covering said sections, stationary supports upon which the said box is loosely mounted, uprights to which the said supports are at tached, conducting rods inserted through holes in the stationary supports and insulated therefrom, conducting lamp-supporting arms detachably secured to said rods, incandescent lamps secured to said arms, and a conductor connecting said lamps, substantially as described.

7. ln a route indicator or sign, a hollow box or case having its ends provided with removable sections b, a removable side normally covering said sections, stationary supports u upon which the said box is loosely mounted,

nprights to which the said supports are attached, conducting rods inserted through holes inthe stationary supports and insulated therefrom, conducting lamp-supporting arms detachably secured to said rods, incandescent lamps secured to said arms, and a conductor connecting said lamps, and a reliector co-operating with said lamps, substantially as described.

8. In a route indicator or sign, a hollow box or case having its ends provided with remov` able sections b, a removable side normally covering said sections, stationary supports upon which the said box is loosely mounted, uprights to which the said supports are attached, conducting rods b5 h6 extended through the said stationary supports and insulated therefrom, an electric conductor connected to each rod at oneend, acap of insulating material protecting the said conductorand end of each rod, conducting lamp supporting arms detachably secured to each of the said rods, incandescent electric lamps secured to said arms, a conductor connecting the said lamps to gcther and a relector (3o-operating with the said lamps, substantially as described.

9. In a route indicator or sign, a hollow box or case provided with removable end sections, a removable side or cover normally retaining said end sections in place, and stationary supports extended into the hollow box and with which the said removable end sections co-op erate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES BASH'.

Witnesses:

` JAS. H. CHURCHILL,

J. MURPHY.

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